The Da Vinci Tower - Video of The World's 1st Dynamic, Shape-Shifting Architecture
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May 14, 2008

The Da Vinci Tower - Video of The World's 1st Dynamic, Shape-Shifting Architecture

Davincitower2_3 The innovative Da Vinci Tower (also known as Dynamic Architecture Building), a proposed 68-story tower in Abu Dubai, United Arab Emirates,  will have unique independently rotating floors, which will result in a constantly changing shape of the tower. Each floor will rotate a maximum of one full rotation in 90 minutes.

The entire tower will be powered from turbines and solar panels, and five other buildings in the vicinity will also be provided with electricity. The turbines will be located between each of the rotating floors.They will generate 1,200,000 kilowatt-hours of energy from the movement of the floors, and the solar panels will be located on the roof. Construction of the Da Vinci Tower is expected to be completed in 2009. The video is about 7 minutes.

Da Vinci Tower Video

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